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C4IR | Impact on the Ground | How smart manufacturing is helping small businesses in Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabia small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in industrial manufacturing comprise around 80% of businesses. Basma AlBuhairan, Head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in Saudi Arabia, shares how the centre is helping industrial SMEs to digitalize.

C4IR | Impact on the Ground is a series that showcases projects from across the World Economic Forum’s global C4IR Network. Each episode explores how emerging technologies are being piloted, scaled and deployed in a safe and responsible way to improve people’s lives and protect the planet.

Learn more about the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR).

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